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May 14

21 entries from the federal record fall on May 14, across every year it covers.

Tropical cyclones

Storms at their strongest near the U.S. on this date.

  1. 1916Unnamed storm, tropical storm near Polk County, FL

Tornadoes

Tornadoes rated F3/EF3 or stronger, or that killed, on this date.

  1. 1972F4, 30 mile path Marion, IN; Hancock, IN; Madison, IN
  2. 1951F3, 0.1 mile path Rawlins, KS
  3. 1961F3, 127.1 mile path Knox, IL; Peoria, IL; Stark, IL
  4. 1962F3, 53.8 mile path Boyd, NE; Charles Mix, SD
  5. 1962F3, 70.4 mile path Douglas, SD; Davison, SD
  6. 1969F3, 0.5 mile path Hopkins, TX
  7. 1969F3, 0.1 mile path Hill, TX
  8. 1974F3, 2 mile path Grayson, TX
  9. 1977F3, 0.1 mile path Harding, NM
  10. 1983F3, 5 mile path Jefferson, AR
  11. 1983F3, 0.8 mile path Arkansas, AR
  12. 1986F3, 20 mile path Archer, TX; Clay, TX
  13. 1990F3, 0.2 mile path Jones, TX
  14. 1995F3, 5 mile path Tom Green, TX
  15. 2010EF3, 4.3 mile path Ector, TX
  16. 2014EF3, 8.9 mile path Greene, OH

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5 or more in the lower 48 and Hawaii, 6.5 or more in Alaska, on this date (local time).

  1. 1908M6.7, near Yakutat, Alaska Yakutat City and Borough, AK
  2. 1948M7.1, near King Cove, Alaska Aleutians East Borough, AK
  3. 1969M6.9, near Adak, Alaska Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Wildfires

Fires of 50,000 acres or more that began on this date.

  1. 2022Black Fire, 328,399 acres NM